Tag: Washington Capitals

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Washington Wizards & Capitals owner wants everyone to know how much the community is atop his mind

Recently, a story made me laugh out loud when I saw the title. The point of the story is that Ted Leonsis, owner of the NBA Washington Wizards and NHL Washington Capitals, wants to show how much he cares about the local communities getting involved with the teams that he owns. According to Leonsis, engagement with locals was a "fundamental responsibility" of the teams. Then he pats himself on the back for "emphasizing social responsibility"…

William Neilson Jr.
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Speaking of business done in secret, Washington D.C. officials clearly broke the open meetings law

A few days ago, I wrote a story on several recent examples of teams negotiating with cities (or themselves) in private until the very last minute. This is almost always when the public is required by law to know about the plan. Yet not even a week after writing that story, I see yet another shining example of this type of sports dealing. Last week, the city of Alexandria pulled out of negotiations with the…

William Neilson Jr.
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Monumental Sports lies about having the highest amount of private funding. Then deletes the post.

Yesterday, WUSA9 had an incredible story on Monumental Sports and Entertainment posting several claims in support of their proposed arena. The issue is that everything Monumental Sports said was incorrect. As WUSA9 wrote, Monumental was called out for "untrue statements about the rarity of the financing of its proposed arena". - WUSA9Yesterday, Monumental Sports was claiming on social media that the financing for the proposed arena would include the most amount of private funding for any…

William Neilson Jr.
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Philadelphia CEO has numerous “facts” showing how good a new Philadelphia 76ers arena will be for local residents. Then provides nothing whatsoever.

The Philadelphia Business Journal published quite an interesting viewpoint this week. The article had a decisive pro-76ers slant that included the usual talking points of how a new arena will be an economic monster. But it also had some intriguing takes. Such as a list of “facts” that contained no facts. Let's start with the author of this piece being a part of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia. FieldOfSchemes.com has written many good…

William Neilson Jr.
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Are the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards relocating to Arlington? No

Today, the Washington Post set the internet ablaze in the DC Area when they released a story that implies that the Capitals and Wizards may be relocating to Arlington, VA. Why? Because the District (what I call the government of DC) and Monumental Sports & Entertainment (“MSE” owns the Washington Capitals, Wizards, and Mystics) are currently negotiating on Capital One Arena upgrades. This allows the team to leak info to get the city moving a…

William Neilson Jr.